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TWO THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC L AYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA JUNE 21, 1952 CATHOLIC PRESS ASSOCIATION HOLDING ANNUAL CONVENTION AT UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME NEW YORK.—(NO— His Emin ence Samuel Cardinal Stritch, Archbishop of Chicago, is giving the banquet address during the an nual Catholic Press Association convention at the University of Notre Dame, June 18 to 21, it was announced by CPA headquarters here. Bishop Thomas K. Gorman, CPA honorary president, is delivering a major address at the convention’s awards luncheon. The Bishop, re cently installed as Coadjutor of Dallas, is Episcopal Chairman of the Press Department, National Catholic Welfare Conference. Bishop Gorman will also preside at a session which will hear a re port of the N. C. W. C. News Ser vice Liaison Committee and a dis cussion of News Service matters. The episcopal host to the con vention, Bishop John F. Noll of Fort Wayne, gave the keynote ad dress at the luncheon on the open ing day. He is the founding editor of Our Sunday Visitor, a charter member of the CPA. A Mass for deceased members of the association was offered by Bishop Albert R. Zuroweste, as sistant episcopal chairman of the N. C. W. C. Press Department. Delegates were welcomed to the convention by Bishop Leo A. Purs- ley, Auxiliary of Fort Wayne. Sixteen panel discussions are considering practical problems of importance to Catholic publishing, with particular emphasis on the needs of smaller publishers. Father Thomas A. Meehan, Chi cago New World editor and pro gram committee chairman, urged all publishers to be represented by at least two delegates. He pointed out that it would be necessary in some instances to hold two or, three work panels simultaneous ly. He said the committee is con vinced “that the convention dis- succions will contribute heavily to the continued improvement and even greater effectiveness of the Catholic press in the years ahead.” 29,407,520 Catholic in United States According to 1952 Catholic Directory (Continued from Page One) Isles, other English speaking coun tries and the Philippines. The cloth bound, complete edition, 1,248 pages, weighs 'IVi pounds. An increase of 570 in the num ber of the clergy brings the total of ordained priest sto 44,459, the largest ever recorded. Eight mem bers of the Hierarchy and 729 priests are listed in the Necrolo gy. Professed Religious personnel include 7,975 Brothers and 156,696 Sisters—4,873 more Religious than a year ago. Of these Religious 75,422 are engaged in works other than teaching. Full-time teaching staffs of all educational institutions under Catholic auspices have increased by 2,011, to a record total of 113,- 106. They comprise 7,829 priests, 3,612 Brothers, 402 scholastics, 85,- 637 nuns and 15,626 lay teachers. Thus there are 364 more lay teach ers and 1,647 more Religious teachin gin Catholic schools than one year ago. The new total of 11,987 separate educational institutions, an in crease of 220 within the year, in cludes 73 diocesan seminaries; 351 religious-community seminaries or novitiates and scholasticates; 233 colleges and universities; 1,623 di ocesan and parish high schools; 818 private high schools; 8,358 parish elementary schools and 531 private elementary schools. There are also 152 protective in stitutions, with 15,029 children un der instruction. New educational institution in clude one diocesan and 31 religious seminaries; 17 private high schools and 156 new parochial elementary schools established during 1951. The number of parochial high schools has been reduced by five. The 73 diocesan seminaries re port enrollments of 14,121 semina rians, an increase of 94i; while the 351 novitiates and scholasticates of the religious communities have 16,- 867 students, or 1,249 more than one year ago. This is a total in crease of 2,190 candidates for the priesthood, indicating a record to tal of 30,988. Reversal of the postwar in creases in enrollments in Catholic colleges and universities Is again reflected by the decrease of 31,699 students during the past year, com pared to a decrease of 16,091 stu dents during 1950-51. The present total is 204,937. There are still twice as many students in Catho lic colleges as were enrolled in 1946. Enrollment of full-time pupils in Catholic elementary and high schools increased by 144,595 dur ing the past year. The 1,623 parish and diocesan high schools report 353,465 pupils, an increase of 16,- 051 above 1951. The 818 private high schools with 205,025 show an increase of 7,428 in one year. Par ish elementary school pupils now number 2,692,706, or 117,377 more compared to an increase of 97,588 in the preceding year) while stu dents in private elementary schools have increased by 3,739 to a total of 84,151. Thirteen new institutions bring the total of Catholic general hos pitals to 772, while bed capacities have been increased by 17,460 to present facilities of 117,033. The number of special hospitals is now 117, an increase of five,, and added, facilities accommodate ,10,141 pa tients or 1,376 more beds than the year before k With the Catholic population at 29,407,520; it is evident that the impressive total of 5,177,094 pa tients treated in Catholic hospitals during 1951 includes a large num ber of non-Catholics. It represents 334,000 more patients than were served in the previous year. Current enrollments of 31,755 students in 366 Catholic training schools for nurses represent a de crease of 514 within the past year. The record total was 39,997 student nurses in 1946. Homes for invalids and the aged now number 271, an increase of nine. They care for 24,055 residents, or 874 more than in 1951. The number of infant baptisms, I, 018,303, shows an increase of 44,- 759 for the year 1951, compared to an increase of 30,101 infant bap tisms during 1950. Marriages recorded decreased slightly, by 8,417, to 319,846. - During the year 276,197 Catho lics died in the U. S., 8,676 more deaths than in 1950. In its largest issue ever, the 130th printing of The Official Cath olic Director, for 1952, appears in the same three editions and bind ings as heretofore: A paper-bound volume of 1,084 pages, presenting data and statistics for the United States and Possessions; the com plete edition, giving data for the U. S. A., Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and the Philippines, 1,248 pages, paper bound, and the same volume in stiff cloth covers. Children of Parish In Valdosta Receive First Holy Communion VALDOSTA, Ga.—Sixteen chil dren of the parish received their first Holy Communion recently at St. John the Evangelist Church here at a Mass celebrated by the pastor, Father John J. Kennedy, during which hymns were sung by the children’s choir. The first communicants were Gary Nichols, Barry Blackerby, Peter Van Horn, Don DeLoaeh, Benny Nolan, Richard Wall, James Pisane, Steve Vatalaro, Caren Hel ler, Carol Eing, Cathy Johansen, Diane Watts, Ronnie Carlo, Musa Hopson, Michael Prendergast and Margaret Dickerson. Twenty-eight children of the parish and a number of adults .were confirmed by the Most Rev erend Francis E. Hyland. D. D., J. C. D., Auxiliary Bishop of the Savannah-Atlanta. The children confirmed were the members of the first Communion class and Josephine Thomas, Martha Braden, Colleen Scott, Karen Kanty, Bendy Matherne, Tommy Mee, Billy Nijem, Kenny Dutra, Frank Mc- Guinness, John Wall. Kathleen Wall, Ralph Vatalaro and Wally Wall. At the annual May procession in honor of the Blessed Virgin Moth-' er of God, Estelle Malham placed th floral crown on the statue of Our Blessed Lady. Her attendants were Gloria George, Kitty Rabon, Leona Abood, Margaret Barganier and Theresa Lahood. Inez Wall, a kindergarten pupil at St. John’s School, was the crownbearer. The train-bearers were Ricky Scott and Charles Keene, also of the kinder garten. The .annual observance of Forty Hours Devotion brought .. tiyqlve priests here to participate in the closing services. Fill Vacant Sees BISHOP COUSINS Two vacant Sees in the United States were filled in the announce ment of two Episcopal appoint ments by His Holiness Pope Pius XII. Auxiliary Bishop William E. Cousins of Chicago has been named Bishop of Peoria. BISHOP-ELECT DWYER Monsignor Robert J. Dwyer, rector of the Cathedral of the Madeleine, Salt Lake City, Utah, and editor of The Intermountain Catholic Register, who has been appointed Bishop of Reno.—(NC Photos). Heresy or Schism? LORAIN, Ohio—(RNS)—Passing of the collection basket has been done away with in St. Anthony of Padua Church here. The experiment, which has at tracted a great deal of interest throughout the Diocese of Cleve land, was started some weeks ago by the pastor, Father Richard J. Arlt, O. F. M. Conv. He put up a sign inside the church vestibule which read: "No Collection In The Church. Deposit Your Offerings in Re ceptacle at Foot of Stairs.” Since then, it is said, thq income of the church has shown a steady increase. Father Arlt said that reverence for the Blessed Sacrament and trust in Divine Providence led him to eliminate the passing of collec tion baskets during Mass. He felt the need to take this action, he added, after visiting a church in Detroit. “There, each time the priest turned around to say ‘Dominus Vobiscum’ he was confronted with the spectacle of a rustling and bustling congregation fishing through pockets and purses,” Father Arlt explained. Parishioners of the church are in hearty accord with the innova tion. With no baskets being pass ed, they said, it is much easier to concentrate upon what is going on at the altar. There are 765 envelope holders in the parish. Father Arlt, a former Army chaplain, is now building an annex of four rooms and a. social hall to the eight-room school and kindergarten. He also is building a convent for the Sis ters of the Third Order of St. Francis who teach in the parish school. DR. BERNARD IDDINGS BELL, of the University of Chicago, an Episcopalian minister-educator, in a lecture sponsored by the Great Books Program of the Cleveland Public Library, declared: “Relig ion ,piust be tapght to.our children if Americans, are going to be hap py and this will mean teaching re ligion in public schools.” jWide Interest Shown In Bible Week to Observe 500th Gutenberg Anniversary (N. C. W. C. News Service) WASHINGTON. — Widespread interest in the Bible Week from September 28 to October, 5, mark ing the 500th anniversary of the Catholic Gutenberg Bible, the first printed book, is evidenced in the daily mail received by the Catho lic Biblical Association of America which together with the Confra ternity of Christian Doetrine is sponsoring the observance. In addition to honoring the Catholic laymen, Johann Guten berg, who selected the Latin Vul gate Edition of the Bible as com piled by St. Jerome as the first book to be printed from movable type, the Week will mark one of the greatest accomplishments of | American Catholic Biblical scho- ! larship—the publication of the | first of four volumes of the Old j Testament translated directly from the original languages. This volume will contain transla tions of the first eight books of the Old Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deu teronomy, Josue, Judges and Ruth. This project is being carried out by members of the Catholic Bibli cal Association of America under the patronage of the Episcopal Committee of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine. Some dioceses are planning New Testament and Bible sales cam paigns during the week. This fea- tux'e will parallel the Protestant observance of Gutenberg Week, during which time it is expected that a million copies of their Re vised Standard Version, due for Fall publication, will be sold. The new Protestant version is consider ed a great improvement over the popular King James version. Belmont Abbey College Alumni Meet in Charlotte CHARLOTTE, N. C.—Election of officers highlighted an organiza tional meeting of the Charlotte Chapter of the Belmont Abbey College Alumni Association held at Kuester’s. Wink Locklair was elected presi dent; Don Lampke, vice-president; Arthur Goodman, secretary, and Richard O’Donoghue, treasurer. Speakers at the meeting were Father Cuthbert E. Alien, dean of men at the college; Howard A. Wheeler, director of atheltics, and George E. Stuart, Jr., alumni di rector. OHIO’S KNIGHTS OF COLUM BUS want the wording of the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States changed. 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